Browse Items (28 total)
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Map of War of 1812 battleground near Detroit
Map of battleground near Detroit in the War of 1812, showing the location of Kentucky's troops. -
Il paese de' Cherachesi, con la parte occidentale, della Carolina Settentrionle, e della Virginia, 1778
Map showing the trans-Appalachian region in Kentucky and Tennessee west to the Mississippi and includes rivers, mountains, forts, Indigenous nations and English settlements. -
Plan of Lystra in Nelson County, Kentucky, 1795
Plan proposal of the town Lystra in Nelson County, Kentucky. The town was never built. Printed in "Winterbotham's Historical Views of the U.S.A." -
Surveys on Elkhorn, 1774, 1972
Reproduction of survey of Elkhorn Creek in modern day Fayette County, Kentucky. -
The State of Kentucky with the adjoining territories from the best authorities, 1800
Shows Kentucky and surrounding territories. Engraved for Payne's Geography, published by I. Low New York.Tags map -
Course of the River Mississippi, 1775
Course of the River Mississippi, from the Balise to Fort Chartres. Map includes notations of Indigenous land. -
Historical map of the Old Northwest Territory, 1937
Map of the Old Northwest territory. Reverse side has the Ordinance of 1787. Includes text on "How the United States came into possession of Northwest Territory," "Thomas Jeffferson's conception," and "How the Northwest Territory became states." -
Cours du Mississipi: comprenant la Louisiane, les 2 Florides, une partie des Etats-Unis, et pays adjacents, 1803
Course of the Mississippi: including Louisiana, the 2 Floridas, part of the United States, and adjacent countries. From P. Etienne Herbin de Halle's Statistique générale et particulière de la France et de ses colonies. -
History of the Backwoods, or, the Region of the Ohio: authentic, from the earliest accounts, 1843
Title page of the History of the Ohio Rivery Valley from early accounts. Includes many events, notices of prominent pioneers, sketches of early settlements, etc. -
Proceedings of the managers of the Ohio Canal Company, 1805 September 11
Proceedings of the managers of the Ohio Canal Company, at Louisville, on Wednesday, the 11th day of September, 1805. -
The American Geography, 1794
Title page of A view of the present situation of the United States of America, containing astronomical geography, geographical definitions, discovery, and general description. Included is a particular description of Kentucky, the Western territory, map of the northern and middle states, comprehending the Western territory and the British dominions in North America. The publication includes three maps of Kentucky by John Filson.
For the complete title, see the New York Public Library Digital Collections at https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5b015bc0-c5d4-012f-4f5e-58d385a7bc34Tags astronomy; British; Geography; map; north america; pamphlets; Spanish; travelogue; western territory -
Kentucky map, 1805
Map of Kentucky in 1805 showing towns, counties, rivers, creeks, and American Indian boundary lines. Taken from Aaron Arrowsmith's "A New and Elegant General Atlas." -
Louisiana by de Rivier Mississippi, 1720
French map of the full course of the Mississippi River. Shows rivers, lakes, and forts. -
Map of the United States in North America with the British, French, and Spanish dominions adjoining, according to the Treaty of 1783
From New South Wales and St. James Bay in the North to the Carolinas and northern Florida in the South and west to the Mississippi River.
Map shows towns, rivers, creeks, and frontier forts. -
Facsimile of a map of Jefferson and Fayette Counties, Kentucky, 1782, 1924
Robert Johnson traced this map from a photostat made by Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston.
Johnson's map shows the settlement at Harrods Town, Squire Boone's station, Bryant's station, Todd's station and Martin's station, the Ohio, Kentucky, Miami and Licking rivers, the "Indian War Road", and various salt springs. -
A topographical description of the western territory of North America, 1792
Title page of A topographical description of the western territory of North America, containing a succinct account of its climate, natural history, population, agriculture, manners and customs, with an ample description of the several divisions into which that country is partitioned, and an accurate statement of the various tribes of Native Americans that inhabit the frontier country. Copy contains the bookplate of Reverend Edward Feilde. -
A map of the State of Kentucky and the Tennessee Government, 1796
Map published in Jedidiah Morse's American universal geography. Shows rivers, creeks, towns, forts, Indian boundaries, and the southern boundary of a military reservation in Tennessee. -
Map of the Falls of the Ohio, 1824
Map of the Falls of the Ohio, from actual survey, adapted to the low water of 1819. Shows both Baker's route for a canal on the Kentucky side of the river and Flint's route for a canal on the Indiana side. -
A map of the United States of America: with part of the adjoining provinces from the greatest authorities, 1794
Map shows the thirteen colonies and as far west as the Mississippi River, including the western territory, Kentucky, and Tennessee, the northern tip of Lake Superior including parts of Canada and New Brunswick.